Kamar Baldwin

Baldwin started playing basketball from age two. He also played football as a quarterback and ran track in middle school.[1] Baldwin attended Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. As a junior, he averaged 27 points, 9.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, led his team to the Sweet 16 round of the Class AAAAA state tournament and was named Region 8-AAAAA Player of the Year.[2] In his senior season, Baldwin averaged 29.6 points, 10.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game.[3] He repeated as Region 8-AAAAA Player of the Year and finished with 2,593 career points, the most in Barrow County history.[4] Baldwin played for the Atlanta Celtics on the Amateur Athletic Union circuit.[3] On August 6, 2015, he committed to play college basketball for Butler.[5] Baldwin was a consensus three-star recruit and was ranked 123rd in the 2016 class by Rivals.com.[6]

On November 16, 2016, in his second career game, Baldwin made the game-winning shot in 70–68 win over Northwestern.[7] He scored a freshman season-high 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds in an 83–78 victory over Xavier on January 14, 2017.[8] As a freshman, Baldwin averaged 10.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game and was unanimously named to the Big East All-Freshman Team.[6] On December 27, 2017, he scored 31 points in a 91–89 double overtime win over Georgetown.[9] On March 8, Baldwin scored a sophomore season-high 32 points in a 75–74 victory over Seton Hall at the Big East tournament quarterfinals. He was named to the Big East All-Tournament Team.[10] As a sophomore, he averaged 15.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.[6] On January 19, 2019, Baldwin scored a junior season-high 30 points and grabbed eight rebounds in an 80–71 win over St. John's.[11] As a junior, he averaged 17 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game and was named to the Second Team All-Big East.[12]

In his senior season, Baldwin was limited in the first two games with a rib cartilage injury.[13] He scored 31 points in a 67–58 win over Ole Miss on December 3.[14] On January 24, 2020, Baldwin scored 31 points including the last nine points in regulation and collected a season-high eight rebounds in a 89–85 overtime win over Marquette.[15] He had 17 points and eight rebounds on February 5, and hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to defeat Villanova 79–76.[16] Baldwin injured his ankle in the first half of a loss to Creighton on February 23.[17] On March 7, Baldwin scored a career-high 36 points and hit the game-winning three-pointer with a second remaining in a 72–71 win over Xavier.[18] At the conclusion of the regular season, Baldwin was selected to the First Team All-Big East.[19] He shared the Big East Sportsmanship Award with Jagan Mosely of Georgetown and Emmitt Holt of Providence.[20] As a senior, Baldwin averaged 16.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, leaving with the fourth-most points and the third-most steals in program history.[6]

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